Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Mente Group, which recently tied its operations closer together under a unified brand, has enhanced its Mente Values Platform (MVP) to provide a consolidated view of current aircraft values, market conditions, and projected resale values.&nbsp;
Aimed at aircraft owners, aviation directors, and financial executives, the tool is designed to support ownership and fleet planning decisions. MVP provides subscribers with data on supply, demand, and pricing movement for specific aircraft makes and models and includes residual value curves.
“Our updated platform combines Mente Group’s proprietary appraisal history, transaction records, and consulting intelligence in a single resource,” said Mente founder and CEO Brian Proctor. “Grounded in actual aircraft transactions, MVP helps users assess their aircraft’s market position and prepare for decisions involving replacement, upgrades, insurance, and capital budgets,” he added.
Dallas-based Mente Group rolled out the upgraded platform after renaming Four Corners Aviation as Mente Aviation. The rebrand included a new logo and a single website that incorporates the combined strategy, transactions, operational consulting, appraisals, and charter and management services.&nbsp;
Four Corners was established in 2021 as an affiliate company of Mente Group to provide aircraft management, charter services, and the Freedom Corporate Jet as a Service program.
Previously, the brands operated independently, with separate websites, organizational memberships, marketing, and administrative activities. Mente said the unification will let the company concentrate its resources under a common identity and direct more time and investment toward client service and growth.
“Mente has built significant recognition and credibility in business aviation, so it makes sense to put the full strength of the company behind the name that resonates in the marketplace,” Proctor said. “At the same time, Mente Aviation gives our charter and management capabilities an identity that immediately communicates what we do. Together, they make it easy for clients to see the complete range of expertise available to them.”

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